Combined bundle carrier and shocker device.



. F. IVICGUIRE.

COMBINED BUNDLE CARRIER AND SHOCKER DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5.1916.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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ROBERT F. IVICGUIBJE, 0F GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO R. IB. GRIFFITH, OF GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA.

COMBINED BUNDLE CARRIER AND SI-IOCKER DEVICE.

Application led April 5, 1916.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, Ronnfr F. MoGUmn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Forks, in the county of Grand Forks and Sta-te ofNorth Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Bundle Carrier and Shocker Devices; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined bundlecarrier and shocker devices and my object is to provide a platform to beconnected to any suitable form of grain harvester of the binder type andprovide means thereon for conveying the sheaves or bundles of grain toone end of the platform.

A further object is to provide a carrier frame in the rear of theplatform upon which the bundles are deposited from the platform.

A further object is to provide means for causing the bundles to assumethe'form of a shock while resting upon the carrier frame.

A further object is to provide means for controlling the movement of thecarrier frame.

And a further object is to provide means for causing the shock formersto rotate in the arc of a circle when the carrier frame is moving tolowered position. y

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter set forth and moreparticularly pointed out in the accompanying specification.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application,

Figure 1 is a detail side elevation of my improved form of bundlecarrier and shocker showing the different position of the parts thereofby full and dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device, and

Fig. 3 is a detail end elevation of one of the shock forming membersshowing the manner of operating the same by parts of the carrier frame.

Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the operating means for raising andlowering the carrier frame.

Referring to the drawings in which simi- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917..

Serial No. 89,184.

lar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, 1 indicates a platform which may be constructed in anypreferred manner and is so positioned as to receive the bundles of grainas discharged from the binder, said platform having mounted thereonvertically extending shafts 2 and 3 upon which are mounted rollers 4 and5 respectively, said shafts and rollers being arranged in pairs toreceive endless belts 6 and 7 respectively between which the bundles 8of grain are adapted to pass and be conveyed from the platform 1 to acarrier frame 9 at the rear end of the platform. If it is founddesirable, the belts 6 and 7 may be provided with suitable cleats orprojections whereby the gripping action of the belts with the sheaves ofgrain will be increased sufficiently to positively move the sheaves tothe rear of the device.

The rollers 4 and 5 are operated from a shaft 10, said shaft havinggears 11 and 12 thereon which mesh with gears 13 and 14: respectively onthe lower' ends of the shafts 2 and 3, the shaft 10 being driven throughthe medium of a driving gear 15 attached to the aXle 16 employed forsupporting the plat form 4; and a gear 17 fixed to the end of the shaft10 and as the belts 6 and 7 are rotated in the same direction, thebundles, when engaged by said belts, will be deposited upon the carrierframe 9 and a plurality of bars 18 attached thereto.

Extending rearwardly from the platform 1 are frame bars 19 to the outerends of which are swivelly attached supporting casters 20 and betweensaid frame bars is positioned the carrier frame 9, said carrier framehaving side bars 21 at each edge thereof to which are attachedsupporting straps 22, the upper ends of said straps beslidably mountedthrough a bearing 25b pivotally mounted upon the frame of the binder.The sha-ft 25 is fixed to the upper Vend of one of the forward standards24,

whereby the carrier frame can be held in its elevated position orlowered and raised at will, and in rdischarging the bundles from thecarrier frame, it is but necessary to release the shaft 25 when theweight ofV the bundles will Cause the carrier frame to descend andengage the vbutts of the bundles with the ground, whereupon thecontinued forward movement of the carrier frame and parts to which it isattached will cause the bundles to leave the carrier frame and at thevsameJ time remain 1n a set up position.

sockets 28,l and 29 respectively carried by supports 30 and positionedon opposite sides of the belts 6 and 7, the rear end of said rodsdevelopinginto curved terminals'l and 32 respectively, the terminal 31and rod carrying thefsame being in a plane lower than the plane of therod 27 and terminal 32 and the terminal 31 is positioned a distance inthe rear of the terminal 82 so that when the bundles strikersaidterminal the butt ends of the bundles may pass farther to the rearthanzthe head ends thereof, thus causing the bundles to assume a slightleaning Aposition toward the center of the shock whereby the bundleswill more readily remain in set up position whendeposited upon theground.

The curved terminals 3l and 32 are positioned adjacent the dischargingends of the belts 6 and 7 when the shock first begins to form upon thecarrier frame, and as additional bundles are forced on to the carrierframethe rods 26 and 27 move lengthwise through the sockets 28 and 29respectively until the curved terminals have reached the full-limit ofthe carrier frame or until such time as it is desired to discharge theshock from the vcarrier frame, and after the shock Y has beendischarged-from the carrier frame the rods 26 and 27 'are instantlyreturned to their initial forward positions by means of springs?) and 34surrounding the rods 26 and 27 respectively between the sockets 28 and-29 and nuts 35 and 36, which nuts en- Y ga-gethe threaded ends offsaidrods and may be adjusted thereon to regulate the tension of said springsand themovement lengthwise ofthe rods.

' In order to insure that the curved terminals 31 and 32 will move outof theepath ofV the shock as it leaves the carrier frame,

arms 87 and 38 are attached respectively to the shock forming rods 26and 27 adjacent the juncture of the. straight and curved portions ofsaid rods, the outer ends of said arms having elongated slots 39 whichengage the supporting rods 23 and slide thereon, said arms causing therods to which they are attached to move a quarter rotation when thecarrier frame descends, thereby swinging the terminals 3l and 32upwardly to a substantially vertical position, as best shown by dottedlines in Fig. l, thus disposing the same entirely out of the path of theshock.

,In operation, as the bundles are fed on to the carrier frame by thebelts, the rods 26 and 27 are gradually moved lengthwise through theirrespective sockets, and in viewl of the curvature of the terminals ofsaid rods the bundles are collected into a substantially circular shock,and in view of the angle assumed-by the bundles, said bundles will restin substantially vertical formation when deposited upon the ground. Assoon as a suflicient number of bundles have been collected upon thecarrier, the shaft 25 is released, whereupon the carrier frame willdesCend and deposit the bundles upon the ground, the descent of thecarrier frame rotating the shock forming rods and elevating the curvedterminals thereof out of the path of the shock.

. As soon as the shock is clear of the carrier frame, said frame isagain elevated, thus restoring the curved terminals to their initialpositions and at the same time the springs surrounding said shockforming rods will return the rods to their initial forward positions andthis operation is repeated indefinitely.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. In a bundle carrier and shocker, the combination with a platform, acarrier frame, and means to raise and lower the frame, of a pair of rodsslidably mounted upon the platform, said rods each having a curvedterminal at one end, means to move the bundles from the platform againstsaid curved terminals to increase the size of the shock forming space onthe carrier frame, and spring tension means to return said rods to theirinitial positions after being operated to form a shock.

2. In a bundle carrier and shocker, thc combination with a platform, anda vertically movable carrier frame, of a pair of rods slidably androtatably mounted upon the platform, said rods each having a curvedterminal at one end to form and retain the bundles in shock formationupon the carrier frame, spring tension means to return the sliding rodsto their initial positions, and means carried by the rods controlled bythe movement of the carrier frame for rotating the rods to dispose theircurved terminals in a Vertical position out of engagement with the shockwhen the carrier frame is lowered.

3. In a bundle carrier and shocker, the combination with a platform, acarrier frame, means to raise and lower the carrier frame, of a pair ofbrackets mounted on the platform, a rod slidably mounted through eachbracket and formed with a curved rear end, said rods disposed inhorizontal overlapping relation, an expansible coil spring arranged oneach rod forwardly of the bracket, means threadingly connected to theforward end of each rod to regulate the eX- pansive tension of eachspring, means to move the bundles into engagement with the said curvedrod ends to increase the shock forming space, and means to rock the saidcurved rod ends to a vertical position when the shock has been formed.

In testimony whereof have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribingwitnesses.

ROBERT F. MGGUIRE.

Witnesses:

RUTH BUNDLIE, T. CARTER GRIFFITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

